The Theages figured in the list of Thrasyllus as first in the fifth Tetralogy: the other three members of the same Tetralogybeing Charmides, Laches, Lysis.
Next, it is certain that Thrasyllus did consider it the undoubted work of Plato, for he enrolled it in his classification, as the third dialogue in the fourth tetralogy (Diog.
None of the other tetralogies present an equal bond of connection between their constituent items; but the first tetralogy was probably intended to recommend the rest, and to justify the system.
The Thrasyllean catalogue places it first in the eighth Tetralogy; the three other members of the same Tetralogy being, Republic, Timaeus, Kritias.
There were therefore in this Tetralogy two fragments, unfinished works from the beginning--Kleitophon and Kritias.
Why Thrasyllus placed it in the eighthTetralogy immediately before the Republic, and along with Kritias, the other fragment.
The Sources of the Poems The gigantic tetralogy of Wagner must be studied as a single opus, for such indeed it is.
The time came when he did not believe that he would live to finish the mighty tetralogy which is now the glory of the lyric stage.
Of this intended tetralogy the first two members alone exist: the third was left unfinished: and the fourth was never commenced.
For those who have sensitive feelings the fourth day of the Tetralogy has a depressing effect.
Thus the poem of the Tetralogy was written with doubts, as he said, as to whether he should abandon art and all belonging to it and become a healthy, normal man--a son of nature.
It is only where the public are advanced to the stage of intelligent discrimination that a Ninth Symphony and a Nibelung Tetralogy are accepted slowly.
I hope to submit to you the whole poem of the tetralogy before the end of the summer.
My work also pleases me again; my Nibelung tetralogy is completely designed, and in a few months the verse also will be finished.
Do not therefore hesitate on your account or on my account to publish the "Nibelung" tetralogy as soon as it is finished.
An allusion to the tragedy by Euripides called 'Palamedes,' which belonged to the tetralogy of the Troades, and was produced in 414 B.
We have, for example, the names of a complete tetralogy upon the legend of Lycurgus.
The popularity of Agathon may be gathered from the fact that the first tetralogy he exhibited was crowned in 416 B.
Remembering that AEschylus called his own tragedies morsels picked up from the great Homeric banquet-table, we may conclude that this tetralogy set forth the Dionysian fable told by Diomede to Glaucus in the Iliad (vi.
It was but natural that the concluding drama of the tetralogy should have excited warmer sympathy than its immediate predecessor.
The difficulties involved in an effort to compass the tetralogy in a week combined with other circumstances to compel an extension of the season for a week, much to the advantage of the enterprise.
It should be added that the learned editor of the Greek Scenic Poets is inclined to identify the Fire-bearer and the Fire-kindler, and to regard this play as the satyric drama attached to the tetralogy of the Persae.
The Tetralogypresents not only the culmination of Wagner's poetic ideas and philosophical aspirations, but the final transformation in orchestral resources as well.
The magnitude of the Nibelungen Tetralogy gave rise to the adaptation of the exceptional third group.
Nor should the prominent function of kettle-drums throughout the entireTetralogy be overlooked.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "tetralogy" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: foursome; quadrangle; quartet; quaternary; rectangle; square; squaring
